1 00:00:00,020 --> 00:00:05,440 Derick: I'd say the worst piece of luck, I brought up COVID earlier, 2 00:00:05,440 --> 00:00:10,820 Derick: and I'd say the timing of that was a really bad piece of luck because I went 3 00:00:10,820 --> 00:00:14,540 Derick: through a breakup in January of 2020, 4 00:00:15,220 --> 00:00:16,880 Derick: just like late January. 5 00:00:16,920 --> 00:00:22,000 Derick: So just a couple of weeks pretty much after I was like, well, you know, 6 00:00:22,560 --> 00:00:26,780 Derick: I'm single now, you know, I'm kind of depressed about that, but I'm going to 7 00:00:26,780 --> 00:00:30,340 Derick: get back out in the World and I'm gonna like you know Get ready and then it's 8 00:00:30,340 --> 00:00:32,280 Derick: like you're not going Anywhere buddy. 9 00:00:34,010 --> 00:00:37,890 Danny: Hi, and welcome to 5 Random Questions, the show with unexpected questions 10 00:00:37,890 --> 00:00:39,030 Danny: and unfiltered answers. 11 00:00:39,450 --> 00:00:43,290 Danny: I'm your host, Danny Brown, and each week I'll be asking my guests five questions 12 00:00:43,290 --> 00:00:45,250 Danny: created by a random question generator. 13 00:00:45,730 --> 00:00:48,570 Danny: The guest has no idea what the questions are, and neither do I, 14 00:00:48,870 --> 00:00:50,390 Danny: which means this could go either way. 15 00:00:50,670 --> 00:00:54,130 Danny: So sit back, relax, and let's dive into this week's episode. 16 00:00:54,730 --> 00:00:56,390 Danny: Today's guest is Derick McDuff. 17 00:00:57,010 --> 00:01:01,330 Danny: Derick is the host, editor and producer of the Underrated Movie Podcast, 18 00:01:01,530 --> 00:01:05,390 Danny: discussing underrated, underappreciated and under-the-radar films. 19 00:01:05,650 --> 00:01:10,070 Danny: He also writes about film and pop culture for sites like WatchMojo and FilmFred. 20 00:01:10,490 --> 00:01:13,230 Danny: So Derick, welcome to 5 Random Questions. 21 00:01:13,930 --> 00:01:16,590 Derick: Hey, thank you for having me. Very excited to be here. 22 00:01:16,910 --> 00:01:19,810 Danny: You're very welcome and very excited to have you. 23 00:01:19,930 --> 00:01:22,710 Danny: As we were saying in Green Room, this season and last season, 24 00:01:22,710 --> 00:01:26,410 Danny: I'm really looking for new guests I haven't, you know, met before, etc. 25 00:01:26,570 --> 00:01:30,090 Danny: And it's always fun meeting new people. So I'm super excited to have you on the podcast. 26 00:01:31,130 --> 00:01:35,530 Danny: And as I mentioned in the intro there, obviously as someone who's so keenly 27 00:01:35,530 --> 00:01:36,910 Danny: attuned to the movie industry, 28 00:01:37,150 --> 00:01:40,350 Danny: I'm just curious what your thoughts are around the topic of, 29 00:01:40,450 --> 00:01:43,530 Danny: there's like a discussion going on, maybe for the last six months or so, 30 00:01:43,730 --> 00:01:48,590 Danny: about maybe cinema in the mainstream losing its appeal to certain audiences 31 00:01:48,590 --> 00:01:50,630 Danny: who are maybe preferring streaming. 32 00:01:50,630 --> 00:01:54,750 Danny: And now you're seeing movies that are being made exclusively for streaming apps, etc. 33 00:01:55,170 --> 00:01:57,650 Danny: You got a take on that? Do you think that's the case or not? 34 00:01:58,030 --> 00:02:02,970 Derick: Well, it's interesting because I'm not inherently opposed to streaming movies. 35 00:02:02,970 --> 00:02:06,790 Derick: I think it's a new avenue and if you can get more people into film, 36 00:02:06,890 --> 00:02:11,510 Derick: people who either can't leave the house or it's hard for them or financially 37 00:02:11,510 --> 00:02:13,590 Derick: it's difficult to go to the movies, whatever it might be. 38 00:02:13,610 --> 00:02:20,670 Derick: I don't think that's inherently a bad thing. What I think is kind of dangerous is when we're seeing... 39 00:02:21,480 --> 00:02:26,960 Derick: The release window from movies coming out to theaters to being released on, 40 00:02:26,960 --> 00:02:30,340 Derick: you know, VOD and then streaming getting smaller and smaller and smaller. 41 00:02:30,540 --> 00:02:32,200 Derick: It used to be like, you know, six months or whatever. 42 00:02:32,500 --> 00:02:36,300 Derick: And then the exclusive now the exclusivity window, especially if a film doesn't 43 00:02:36,300 --> 00:02:40,740 Derick: do well, is like two weeks. Sometimes it's crazy small. 44 00:02:41,160 --> 00:02:44,200 Derick: So I think that it can be a good thing. 45 00:02:44,320 --> 00:02:48,060 Derick: I know people were freaking out a lot when it looked like Netflix was going 46 00:02:48,060 --> 00:02:51,120 Derick: to buy Warner Brothers because they were like, oh, you know, this is going to go away. 47 00:02:51,480 --> 00:02:55,260 Derick: In my opinion, we're in a much worse situation now with Paramount buying Warner 48 00:02:55,260 --> 00:02:58,460 Derick: Brothers because that's a lot more monopolistic and there's a lot of things 49 00:02:58,460 --> 00:03:01,580 Derick: that Paramount is doing that I don't agree with. 50 00:03:02,300 --> 00:03:04,220 Derick: So, you know, it's kind of one of those things that's like, oh, 51 00:03:04,360 --> 00:03:08,800 Derick: well, streaming seems bad, but, you know, there's alternatives that are worse. 52 00:03:08,980 --> 00:03:13,180 Derick: And so I don't have a problem with streaming. I do, though, I still love going 53 00:03:13,180 --> 00:03:16,340 Derick: to the movies, having that shared theatrical experience. 54 00:03:16,980 --> 00:03:20,460 Derick: And whatever you can do to keep cinemas alive, I think is a good thing. 55 00:03:20,460 --> 00:03:25,260 Derick: And I do think that, honestly, streaming does in some ways help keep cinemas alive. 56 00:03:26,600 --> 00:03:31,840 Danny: Yeah, like you mentioned, the release windows are getting much smaller now, which is crazy. 57 00:03:31,940 --> 00:03:35,920 Danny: I remember you used to have to wait years before a big blockbuster would come 58 00:03:35,920 --> 00:03:37,520 Danny: out of terrestrial TV, for example. 59 00:03:37,760 --> 00:03:41,460 Danny: Yeah, yeah. And now it seems it's almost aligned with the theater release. 60 00:03:41,780 --> 00:03:43,360 Danny: And yeah, the movie-grown experience. 61 00:03:44,100 --> 00:03:50,660 Danny: I always think of something like, you know, a Star Wars or the Daredevil, not the Daredevil. 62 00:03:51,120 --> 00:03:53,700 Danny: Oh, my gosh, I've just lost. Ryan Reynolds, who's this? 63 00:03:54,080 --> 00:03:55,800 Derick: Oh, Green or Deadpool. 64 00:03:56,340 --> 00:03:58,520 Danny: Deadpool. I just lost train of thought there for a moment. So, 65 00:03:58,600 --> 00:04:01,820 Danny: yeah, when Deadpool came out and obviously Wolverine was in it and it was just, 66 00:04:01,920 --> 00:04:05,420 Danny: it was crazy seeing the reactions to some of the cameos, for example. 67 00:04:06,220 --> 00:04:09,920 Danny: So, yeah, there's always a big thing to, you know, big positives to the movie 68 00:04:09,920 --> 00:04:13,720 Danny: gone through experience. So hopefully, I grew up as someone that loved going 69 00:04:13,720 --> 00:04:15,920 Danny: Saturday martinis in the streets of Edinburgh. 70 00:04:16,420 --> 00:04:18,180 Danny: I hope that stuff like that never changes. 71 00:04:19,030 --> 00:04:25,230 Danny: And obviously your podcast is about underappreciated and under-recognized movies, 72 00:04:25,250 --> 00:04:28,350 Danny: and you discuss that. In your humble opinion... 73 00:04:28,960 --> 00:04:35,940 Danny: On the flip side, what is the most overrated movie and one that people appreciate you think? Really? 74 00:04:36,220 --> 00:04:41,220 Derick: I might have to say Gravity, the Alfonso Cuaron movie. 75 00:04:42,180 --> 00:04:45,940 Derick: I'm just not a big fan of that director in general. 76 00:04:46,760 --> 00:04:51,780 Derick: I think that especially that movie, there's not a lot on the page. 77 00:04:51,940 --> 00:04:54,100 Derick: It's a lot of cool special effects. 78 00:04:54,340 --> 00:04:58,680 Derick: It's a lot of like, how did they get this shot? But I don't think that there's 79 00:04:58,680 --> 00:05:03,680 Derick: really that much interesting happening on a script level or, 80 00:05:03,680 --> 00:05:08,340 Derick: you know, not to be rude to Sandy B on a in an acting level, you know, 81 00:05:08,680 --> 00:05:12,660 Derick: there's it's there's a lot of stuff where like she's just kind of going through 82 00:05:12,660 --> 00:05:17,800 Derick: space and shouting and she doesn't know what to do until she imagines what a man would say to her. 83 00:05:17,800 --> 00:05:20,580 Derick: And then she can figure it out like i just i don't 84 00:05:20,580 --> 00:05:23,320 Derick: think there's a lot there and when you see it in like 85 00:05:23,320 --> 00:05:26,500 Derick: the imax in the 3d you know to talk about theatrical experience 86 00:05:26,500 --> 00:05:29,380 Derick: i know a lot of people enjoyed that a lot 87 00:05:29,380 --> 00:05:32,140 Derick: more than i did and i think that if you look 88 00:05:32,140 --> 00:05:35,220 Derick: at it's like ratings on letterboxes over the years it's declined 89 00:05:35,220 --> 00:05:40,440 Derick: steadily because it's just not it's not a movie that translates well to a small 90 00:05:40,440 --> 00:05:43,600 Derick: screen you know speaking of streaming again whereas i don't know you watch you 91 00:05:43,600 --> 00:05:47,660 Derick: can watch the godfather on a plane and it'll still be the godfather you know 92 00:05:47,660 --> 00:05:52,320 Derick: if you watch like gravity on your phone you're not going to have a good time yeah. 93 00:05:52,320 --> 00:05:55,000 Danny: No that's an interesting one i watched it on a small screen i 94 00:05:55,000 --> 00:05:57,880 Danny: think i watched it when it came out i don't know if it was netflix prime whatever it 95 00:05:57,880 --> 00:06:01,720 Danny: may have been uh and i kind of enjoyed the premise and of it man but yeah like 96 00:06:01,720 --> 00:06:05,780 Danny: i say it's kind of tapered off a bit and uh it didn't really do her any justice 97 00:06:05,780 --> 00:06:10,320 Danny: because of that um so yeah so that's a good one i can i can go with that one 98 00:06:10,320 --> 00:06:15,280 Danny: hopefully though what isn't underappreciated is the randomness of the questions 99 00:06:15,280 --> 00:06:16,040 Danny: we're about to go through. 100 00:06:16,280 --> 00:06:21,320 Danny: So with that tenuous link there, are you ready to jump in the random question hot seat, Eric? 101 00:06:21,640 --> 00:06:24,080 Derick: All right, yeah, I'm ready. Put me in the hot seat. Let's go. 102 00:06:24,880 --> 00:06:28,560 Danny: All righty. Let's bring up my random question generator. 103 00:06:29,970 --> 00:06:32,950 Danny: Okay, it's a fairly easy one, I feel, to kick things off with. 104 00:06:33,350 --> 00:06:35,510 Danny: Question one, Derick. Do you believe in luck? 105 00:06:36,630 --> 00:06:41,070 Derick: Yeah, yeah, I believe in luck. You know, I think that, and there's always a 106 00:06:41,070 --> 00:06:43,470 Derick: thing of like, oh, somebody makes their own luck, but you know. 107 00:06:44,060 --> 00:06:48,700 Derick: Things are always going to happen that are going to be outside of your control. 108 00:06:49,040 --> 00:06:52,680 Derick: You flip a coin. Something could be as simple as you flip a coin and it comes 109 00:06:52,680 --> 00:06:54,820 Derick: up heads when you need it to come up tails. 110 00:06:55,520 --> 00:07:00,520 Derick: Or it could be just bigger events in your life. Things that were unexpected. 111 00:07:01,680 --> 00:07:07,860 Derick: I don't think any of us were expecting lockdown to happen. That was unlucky for everybody. 112 00:07:08,440 --> 00:07:15,840 Derick: So I think that just random chance exists in the world. You never know what's going to happen. 113 00:07:16,080 --> 00:07:18,840 Danny: Do you feel you can shape your own luck to a degree? 114 00:07:19,400 --> 00:07:22,620 Danny: Obviously, you mentioned flipping a coin. They're very random. You've got two options. 115 00:07:22,780 --> 00:07:25,920 Danny: Unless it's crazy weird and you're like the teens that try to do the bottle 116 00:07:25,920 --> 00:07:29,780 Danny: lid flip and it lands on its edge, which isn't going to happen, let's face it. 117 00:07:30,140 --> 00:07:34,260 Danny: But do you think you can shape your own luck sometimes where you want something to happen? 118 00:07:34,260 --> 00:07:38,860 Danny: So you're sort of determining a process almost that might seem lucky. 119 00:07:38,860 --> 00:07:43,220 Danny: So it might be lucky that you got a really cool job offer. but in the background 120 00:07:43,220 --> 00:07:47,620 Danny: you've been dropping little snippets here and there to go for that job and put 121 00:07:47,620 --> 00:07:48,840 Danny: yourself in the frame kind of thing 122 00:07:48,840 --> 00:07:51,520 Derick: Yeah i do honestly think that you know 123 00:07:51,520 --> 00:07:54,320 Derick: you can do stuff to you know quote unquote improve your 124 00:07:54,320 --> 00:07:57,320 Derick: odds you know like there's always things you can do you know not 125 00:07:57,320 --> 00:08:00,120 Derick: like if you are like oh that was just 126 00:08:00,120 --> 00:08:02,900 Derick: bad you just like you're complaining about your luck all the time you know that's a 127 00:08:02,900 --> 00:08:05,660 Derick: little much but you know and there's always going 128 00:08:05,660 --> 00:08:09,360 Derick: to be things that don't go your way but you can always work 129 00:08:09,360 --> 00:08:14,400 Derick: on things make things see go that in your favor and if things aren't going really 130 00:08:14,400 --> 00:08:18,120 Derick: bad i always think of i'm um you know we were kind of like before we got on 131 00:08:18,120 --> 00:08:21,900 Derick: talked a little bit about star trek 2 i always think of um for people who aren't 132 00:08:21,900 --> 00:08:26,500 Derick: familiar there's this test that they put the students through in that movie called the kobayashi, 133 00:08:27,540 --> 00:08:32,040 Derick: kobayashi maru where it's this no win scenario where you get put in this situation 134 00:08:32,040 --> 00:08:36,160 Derick: and you can't when the only person who ever passed was Captain Kirk, 135 00:08:36,260 --> 00:08:38,240 Derick: and that's because he cheated and rewrote the situation. 136 00:08:38,970 --> 00:08:42,070 Derick: And because Kirk says, I don't believe in the no win situation. 137 00:08:42,490 --> 00:08:45,710 Derick: And I always think of that. It's like, you know what? No matter what, 138 00:08:45,830 --> 00:08:47,150 Derick: you're in this bad situation. 139 00:08:47,570 --> 00:08:53,090 Derick: There's always a way that you can find some way. There's always a path to success. 140 00:08:53,450 --> 00:08:59,630 Derick: However convoluted and difficult and unlikely it might be, I think you could 141 00:08:59,630 --> 00:09:02,750 Derick: find a way to succeed at what you're doing. 142 00:09:03,430 --> 00:09:08,430 Danny: Yeah, man, that's fair. And I guess then, like just to sort of ease out of this 143 00:09:08,430 --> 00:09:10,930 Danny: one, which is a nice one to ease into the five questions experience. 144 00:09:11,190 --> 00:09:16,190 Danny: But if you had to choose of thinking of your own examples, what's either the 145 00:09:16,190 --> 00:09:18,630 Danny: best piece of luck that's come your way or happened to you? Or what's the worst 146 00:09:18,630 --> 00:09:20,330 Danny: piece of luck that's happened to you? 147 00:09:21,870 --> 00:09:27,390 Derick: I'd say the worst piece of luck. I brought up COVID earlier, 148 00:09:27,530 --> 00:09:32,770 Derick: and I'd say the timing of that was a really bad piece of luck because I went 149 00:09:32,770 --> 00:09:36,490 Derick: through a breakup in January of 2020, 150 00:09:37,190 --> 00:09:38,830 Derick: just like late January. 151 00:09:38,910 --> 00:09:43,530 Derick: So just a couple of weeks pretty much after I was like, well, 152 00:09:43,670 --> 00:09:45,910 Derick: you know, I'm single now. 153 00:09:46,690 --> 00:09:49,810 Derick: I'm kind of depressed about that, but I'm going to get back on the world, 154 00:09:49,970 --> 00:09:54,270 Derick: and I'm going to get ready. And then it's just like, you're not going anywhere, buddy. 155 00:09:55,050 --> 00:09:59,290 Derick: I think that's the one I think of bad luck. That's the one I think of that. 156 00:09:59,430 --> 00:10:03,890 Danny: Yeah, I, I can't, I don't have anything to add to that. I say terrible, terrible. 157 00:10:04,330 --> 00:10:07,910 Derick: I'll say here's some good luck actually that came with that is that I just happened 158 00:10:07,910 --> 00:10:11,870 Derick: to have right at that same time, my former roommates. 159 00:10:11,970 --> 00:10:19,810 Derick: So like my best friend's wife's best friend had to had a cat that she had to find a home for. 160 00:10:20,270 --> 00:10:23,510 Derick: And so and she knew that I loved 161 00:10:23,510 --> 00:10:26,190 Derick: cats and I had had a cat like my whole life you know for 162 00:10:26,190 --> 00:10:29,470 Derick: like 20 years and it died or passed away a couple years prior 163 00:10:29,470 --> 00:10:33,230 Derick: you know lived a long good life but I hadn't had a cat since then and she knew 164 00:10:33,230 --> 00:10:37,930 Derick: that I would be a good cat owner she's like hey would you like this cat so all 165 00:10:37,930 --> 00:10:41,150 Derick: right you know it was like April or something of that same year so it's like 166 00:10:41,150 --> 00:10:44,130 Derick: all right I just happen to have some good luck and get my I always call her 167 00:10:44,130 --> 00:10:46,910 Derick: my emotional support cat because I'm just locked inside all day, 168 00:10:47,130 --> 00:10:48,310 Derick: just thinking about everything. 169 00:10:48,550 --> 00:10:52,330 Derick: And now I have this noisy animal who just wants love and affection for me. 170 00:10:52,450 --> 00:10:56,010 Derick: So that was some good luck that I got my emotional support cat. 171 00:10:56,530 --> 00:10:58,670 Danny: No, that's good. There was a silver lining there. 172 00:10:59,230 --> 00:10:59,350 Derick: Yeah, exactly. 173 00:10:59,410 --> 00:11:02,170 Danny: And cats are awesome. They don't bug you too much like dogs can. 174 00:11:02,890 --> 00:11:04,730 Danny: But when they want to, they're right there for you. 175 00:11:05,030 --> 00:11:05,990 Derick: Exactly, exactly. 176 00:11:06,630 --> 00:11:09,830 Danny: It worked out well. That's awesome. I like that. And like I said, 177 00:11:09,850 --> 00:11:12,250 Danny: it's a nice gentle way to ease into the random questions. 178 00:11:12,610 --> 00:11:18,870 Danny: Hot seat time. So on that note, let's have a look at what question number two is. 179 00:11:20,110 --> 00:11:22,670 Danny: Okay question two what is your 180 00:11:22,670 --> 00:11:27,150 Danny: least favorite part of your day it doesn't have to be the day but your day 181 00:11:27,150 --> 00:11:31,530 Derick: It's a good question because like i feel like my days are always so, 182 00:11:32,230 --> 00:11:37,710 Derick: different you know i guess if it's a if it's a a day where because i you know 183 00:11:37,710 --> 00:11:44,390 Derick: i i podcast on and stuff but i do have a day job um so i guess it would be a 184 00:11:44,390 --> 00:11:48,750 Derick: day where i have to go into work when I have to get ready and leave, 185 00:11:48,910 --> 00:11:51,390 Derick: you know, cause then you've still, I've still got my whole 186 00:11:51,730 --> 00:11:54,230 Derick: eight hours ahead of me. And it's not like I hate my job. 187 00:11:54,330 --> 00:11:58,670 Derick: I like my day job, but it's just like that moment of like walking out the door 188 00:11:58,670 --> 00:12:00,430 Derick: and be like, all right, here we go. 189 00:12:01,250 --> 00:12:05,970 Derick: Let's, let's get this thing over with, you know? And so I think from there it's, 190 00:12:06,030 --> 00:12:08,390 Derick: you know, it's all like, all right, well, I'm, I'm in the flow. 191 00:12:08,530 --> 00:12:10,070 Derick: I'm starting to do stuff, you know, but, 192 00:12:10,770 --> 00:12:14,710 Derick: getting to the point where you're like i have to you have to force yourself 193 00:12:14,710 --> 00:12:18,270 Derick: out of bed walk out the door it's never fun yeah. 194 00:12:18,270 --> 00:12:21,410 Danny: And what's it is it close to you i know sometimes people have got like long 195 00:12:21,410 --> 00:12:24,850 Danny: commutes to their day jobs etc is that part of it or not too bad 196 00:12:24,850 --> 00:12:29,610 Derick: Luckily it is it is close um i did i worked a bit further for a little while 197 00:12:29,610 --> 00:12:35,110 Derick: um but i am closer now so it is at least it's a short commute um and i can like 198 00:12:35,110 --> 00:12:40,130 Derick: you know listen to podcasts and stuff on the way um so at least i I've got that benefit. 199 00:12:40,270 --> 00:12:43,270 Derick: I know it's, you know, it's rough. Like I always think of my dad when, 200 00:12:43,630 --> 00:12:46,930 Derick: you know, I was growing up, he had this like hour and a half long commute and 201 00:12:46,930 --> 00:12:49,390 Derick: I, too much, too much. I couldn't do it. 202 00:12:49,910 --> 00:12:52,950 Danny: Yeah. I used to work in Toronto before we moved to where we are now. 203 00:12:53,070 --> 00:12:55,790 Danny: And my daily commute was two hours each way. It was horrible. 204 00:12:56,170 --> 00:12:58,350 Danny: And that's when I had young kids, like they were super young then. 205 00:12:58,530 --> 00:13:02,830 Danny: So I was leaving before they got up for breakfast and I was getting home as 206 00:13:02,830 --> 00:13:03,890 Danny: they were almost getting to bed. 207 00:13:04,030 --> 00:13:06,930 Danny: I did that for three years and I hated it. So I'm with you. 208 00:13:07,070 --> 00:13:10,050 Danny: I like it. If that was me, that would that would 209 00:13:10,050 --> 00:13:14,290 Danny: definitely be my least favorite part of the day for sure and and i guess maybe 210 00:13:14,290 --> 00:13:19,130 Danny: thinking back to the first question about luck um and you believe in luck if 211 00:13:19,130 --> 00:13:23,270 Danny: you were to win the lottery would you continue this might be a silly question 212 00:13:23,270 --> 00:13:27,690 Danny: would you continue that job or would you ease out that and put more into the 213 00:13:27,690 --> 00:13:29,710 Danny: podcasting your creative side then oh 214 00:13:29,710 --> 00:13:34,490 Derick: I would quit immediately you know like i it's it's nice to have like you know 215 00:13:34,490 --> 00:13:37,130 Derick: things that are a little like a little bit tough to get with, 216 00:13:37,130 --> 00:13:40,970 Derick: like podcasting, like health insurance and a 401k, you know, in the US. 217 00:13:42,290 --> 00:13:46,790 Derick: But yeah, that's that. Like I said, I like that job for a job, 218 00:13:46,930 --> 00:13:48,970 Derick: you know, but this is what we're doing right now. 219 00:13:49,050 --> 00:13:51,750 Derick: This is my passion. This is what I really, really love to do. 220 00:13:52,390 --> 00:13:56,170 Danny: Yeah. Well, as someone that podcasts, you know, a serial podcaster, 221 00:13:56,170 --> 00:13:59,270 Danny: if you like, I'm 100% with you there. 222 00:13:59,410 --> 00:14:01,650 Danny: I mean, I work at a job that I love. 223 00:14:01,790 --> 00:14:03,990 Danny: It's a podcasting platform and industry. 224 00:14:04,170 --> 00:14:08,650 Danny: And I probably still work there, I feel, because it is embedded in what I love. 225 00:14:08,770 --> 00:14:13,910 Danny: But yeah, if it was like a 95 day job at an office or something like that, 226 00:14:14,070 --> 00:14:19,150 Danny: I'd probably be out like you, out like Flynn and into, you know, into the creative side. 227 00:14:19,310 --> 00:14:23,830 Danny: So I hear you on that. so yeah that's uh i feel that's a fair part i feel maybe 228 00:14:23,830 --> 00:14:27,670 Danny: most people would say you know the least favorite part is taking them away from 229 00:14:27,670 --> 00:14:31,890 Danny: doing something they really want to do or enjoy so yeah we'll go with that for sure 230 00:14:31,890 --> 00:14:35,230 Derick: I i always say you know when i started the podcast like 231 00:14:35,230 --> 00:14:38,610 Derick: five or six years ago it was a hobby and 232 00:14:38,610 --> 00:14:41,530 Derick: now it's become a side hustle you know it's it's 233 00:14:41,530 --> 00:14:44,510 Derick: a way for me to like i am i it does afford me the ability 234 00:14:44,510 --> 00:14:47,310 Derick: to work less hours at work you know get some extra 235 00:14:47,310 --> 00:14:50,230 Derick: money like you know obviously flex my 236 00:14:50,230 --> 00:14:53,130 Derick: creative muscles and then i'm hoping you know in another five 237 00:14:53,130 --> 00:14:57,970 Derick: or six years this is my profession you know this is i i this is what i can do 238 00:14:57,970 --> 00:15:02,590 Derick: i'm able to you know make enough of between this and the writing and all the 239 00:15:02,590 --> 00:15:08,330 Derick: other stuff that i don't have to worry about you know going getting the 401k 240 00:15:08,330 --> 00:15:10,770 Derick: and the health insurance and all that stuff yeah. 241 00:15:10,770 --> 00:15:13,910 Danny: Well i feel your podcast as well is very well set up for that kind of thing 242 00:15:13,910 --> 00:15:18,710 Danny: where you can also do live events, you can go to movie theatres and have these 243 00:15:19,250 --> 00:15:23,210 Danny: conversations and these episodes in movie theatres with live audience, etc. 244 00:15:23,410 --> 00:15:28,250 Danny: So, you know, and maybe have the underappreciated movie playing as the entree, 245 00:15:28,490 --> 00:15:29,650 Danny: and then you discuss it afterwards. 246 00:15:29,850 --> 00:15:32,170 Danny: So, yeah, I can see that happening for sure. 247 00:15:32,290 --> 00:15:35,830 Derick: Yeah, I've done a couple of those. It's always fun. I've got another one set 248 00:15:35,830 --> 00:15:38,210 Derick: up for later in the year that I'm looking forward to at a museum. 249 00:15:40,230 --> 00:15:42,790 Danny: Oh, I'm not going to say is that going to be Night at the Museum, 250 00:15:42,850 --> 00:15:44,030 Danny: because that was an appreciated movie. 251 00:15:45,370 --> 00:15:49,490 Derick: Not quite, although that could be a fun one to do at some point. 252 00:15:49,750 --> 00:15:53,370 Derick: But, you know, that would be a fun one we'd all do at a museum and talk about. 253 00:15:53,990 --> 00:15:57,050 Danny: Yeah, see what comes to life and then do a follow up some bonus content. 254 00:15:58,130 --> 00:16:04,490 Danny: Awesome. I like that one. So let's have a look at what question number three brings up. 255 00:16:05,750 --> 00:16:10,270 Danny: OK, it's a bit more of a not somber one, but more like a serious one of you like. 256 00:16:10,510 --> 00:16:14,070 Danny: But question before you, Derick, what is your biggest regret? 257 00:16:15,370 --> 00:16:19,190 Derick: That's, you know, that's, that's a good question. Uh, I mean, 258 00:16:19,270 --> 00:16:24,650 Derick: obviously, you know, you try to live with as, as few regrets as possible. 259 00:16:25,210 --> 00:16:30,690 Derick: Um, but I think, you know, I think I would, there's, you know, 260 00:16:31,970 --> 00:16:35,110 Derick: arguments and stuff that you've gotten in with, you know, friends or family 261 00:16:35,110 --> 00:16:36,410 Derick: members and stuff like that. 262 00:16:36,610 --> 00:16:41,290 Derick: There's always things you, you wish you, you hadn't said to people and stuff like that. 263 00:16:41,290 --> 00:16:45,570 Derick: So, I mean, there's, I just wish that there's times when maybe I've been, 264 00:16:45,570 --> 00:16:48,970 Derick: I've been kinder to people, you know, and I'm not saying, you know, 265 00:16:49,050 --> 00:16:51,910 Derick: like I'm going out and yelling at people every day, but, you know, 266 00:16:51,990 --> 00:16:54,930 Derick: we all, we all do stuff that we, you know. 267 00:16:55,570 --> 00:16:58,270 Derick: Wish we could take back. And I think that, yeah, maybe there's, 268 00:16:58,350 --> 00:17:02,770 Derick: there's a few times where, you know, I've been in the heat of an argument or 269 00:17:02,770 --> 00:17:06,930 Derick: something and, uh, you know, said something that I wish I hadn't said. 270 00:17:07,070 --> 00:17:10,790 Derick: So I, there's not, I can't think of a particular, you know, one, 271 00:17:10,910 --> 00:17:12,310 Derick: which is, I guess, a good sign. 272 00:17:12,710 --> 00:17:17,710 Derick: Um, but you know, I always try to, you know, be, be more empathetic, 273 00:17:17,830 --> 00:17:19,130 Derick: be kinder and stuff like that. 274 00:17:19,290 --> 00:17:22,090 Derick: And, uh, yeah, I, and, you know, you know maybe 275 00:17:22,090 --> 00:17:24,850 Derick: two like you're you know you've had a couple 276 00:17:24,850 --> 00:17:30,130 Derick: and you're just you know you're a little bit more loud and and uh uh and gregarious 277 00:17:30,130 --> 00:17:34,370 Derick: than you should be so i think that probably would be you know my my regret is 278 00:17:34,370 --> 00:17:42,630 Derick: just you know is is uh being a little bit more loud and obnoxious than i should have been in the past. 279 00:17:42,630 --> 00:17:45,430 Danny: Well it's funny you mentioned that about um you 280 00:17:45,430 --> 00:17:48,390 Danny: know having a couple of libations for example um because my 281 00:17:48,390 --> 00:17:51,650 Danny: uh my uncle very typical scottish man um 282 00:17:51,650 --> 00:17:55,010 Danny: he'd have a few beers at the weekend and he'd just unload 283 00:17:55,010 --> 00:17:57,670 Danny: on you with some home truths you like to 284 00:17:57,670 --> 00:18:00,310 Danny: call it and he says you can always tell when i'm being honest with you 285 00:18:00,310 --> 00:18:03,690 Danny: because i'll always just tell you the truth when i've had a few beers and 286 00:18:03,690 --> 00:18:06,730 Danny: people say yeah but you're not being truthful you've been obnoxious you 287 00:18:06,730 --> 00:18:10,590 Danny: know it's there's two they're not mutually exclusive um 288 00:18:10,590 --> 00:18:15,830 Danny: and when you when you recognize that you've maybe said something in that event 289 00:18:15,830 --> 00:18:20,810 Danny: do you feel too embarrassed to apologize after do you find that you do kind 290 00:18:20,810 --> 00:18:24,830 Danny: of make things up or do you think that i should just let that one go and not 291 00:18:24,830 --> 00:18:28,430 Danny: bring it back up at all because that it's just bad for everybody i 292 00:18:28,430 --> 00:18:31,790 Derick: Think you know i think it's always important to own up to your mistakes you 293 00:18:31,790 --> 00:18:35,910 Derick: know i think that especially if you know the people it's people that you care 294 00:18:35,910 --> 00:18:39,810 Derick: about you know it's yeah rather than just sweep it, 295 00:18:41,470 --> 00:18:45,250 Derick: It's good to, to air it out to, you know, cause I feel like if, 296 00:18:45,330 --> 00:18:49,070 Derick: if the situation's reversed and if somebody, you know, 297 00:18:49,890 --> 00:18:52,550 Derick: says something out of line to me or something like that, or, you know, 298 00:18:53,110 --> 00:18:57,090 Derick: has too many and, and to speak in some home truths, uh, you know, 299 00:18:57,230 --> 00:19:03,550 Derick: I, I, I definitely appreciate them trying to like own up and be a big person 300 00:19:03,550 --> 00:19:05,190 Derick: and, and admit their mistakes. 301 00:19:05,190 --> 00:19:09,870 Derick: And I always try to admit my mistakes and rather than just, you know, like, ah, 302 00:19:10,190 --> 00:19:12,650 Derick: like, I'm not going to, I'm not going to bring it up because it'll be awkward, 303 00:19:12,910 --> 00:19:14,890 Derick: you know, apologize, say, hey, you know, 304 00:19:15,210 --> 00:19:18,090 Derick: I'm sorry, you know, I shouldn't have said that, blah, blah, 305 00:19:18,090 --> 00:19:25,230 Derick: blah, you know, so I think it is important to be a big person to realize your faults and to, 306 00:19:25,650 --> 00:19:31,390 Derick: you know, hopefully the people will, that you care about will accept, you know, 307 00:19:31,910 --> 00:19:34,910 Derick: accept that and, and, uh, you know, take it back into the fall. 308 00:19:34,910 --> 00:19:37,950 Derick: As long as it doesn't become a recurring thing, you know, as long as you can, 309 00:19:38,090 --> 00:19:42,170 Derick: I think it's important to look at your mistakes and try and grow and learn from them. 310 00:19:42,250 --> 00:19:46,190 Derick: Because I think as much as my successes have made me who I am, 311 00:19:46,230 --> 00:19:50,530 Derick: I think, you know, a lot of my regrets and failures have as well. 312 00:19:50,710 --> 00:19:53,110 Derick: And you know, you try to be a better person every day. 313 00:19:53,820 --> 00:19:58,520 Danny: Well, it's interesting you mention that. The episode that dropped today, Rai Voss is my guest. 314 00:19:59,100 --> 00:20:01,900 Danny: We were talking about something like that, about time travel or going on in 315 00:20:01,900 --> 00:20:05,640 Danny: the past or something like that. I can't recall exactly how it got to that point. 316 00:20:06,380 --> 00:20:11,520 Danny: And he's on about, he had very active, realistic dreams, if you like. 317 00:20:11,740 --> 00:20:17,200 Danny: And one was going back in time to warn his younger self not to hook up with his younger wife. 318 00:20:17,300 --> 00:20:21,000 Danny: But then to your point, if you do that, then you don't learn from these experiences 319 00:20:21,000 --> 00:20:25,420 Danny: of what went wrong there. and it helped him be with his wife and he's got a 320 00:20:25,420 --> 00:20:28,600 Danny: child now that wouldn't have happened had that not been the case. 321 00:20:29,000 --> 00:20:34,280 Danny: I mean, is there anything in your past that you feel that you really wish you 322 00:20:34,280 --> 00:20:40,160 Danny: could have a makeover, a do-over with or to your point, it would just impact who you are now too much? 323 00:20:40,660 --> 00:20:43,840 Derick: Yeah, no, I don't think that I would change anything. I think, 324 00:20:44,000 --> 00:20:50,120 Derick: like you said, it's something that would impact who you are and you think about 325 00:20:50,120 --> 00:20:54,300 Derick: these big regrets that you have but, you know, things that didn't turn out, 326 00:20:54,420 --> 00:20:57,480 Derick: you know, like not to keep going back to it, but there, you know, 327 00:20:57,740 --> 00:21:00,440 Derick: what that breakup that I went through right before COVID, you know, 328 00:21:00,500 --> 00:21:03,860 Derick: you think, oh, well, if I had said this different, then I had done this differently, 329 00:21:03,860 --> 00:21:09,900 Derick: you know, but then if I mean that person don't break up, then I'm not with my current girlfriend, 330 00:21:10,100 --> 00:21:12,700 Derick: which, you know, I would like, I'm so much happier now, you know, 331 00:21:12,760 --> 00:21:15,080 Derick: like it was such a good, healthy relationship now. 332 00:21:15,180 --> 00:21:19,500 Derick: So if I don't go through, you know, a, a rough breakup and, 333 00:21:19,500 --> 00:21:22,880 Derick: you know a you know learn from things 334 00:21:22,880 --> 00:21:25,620 Derick: you know and just about myself and 335 00:21:25,620 --> 00:21:28,960 Derick: about you know relationships in the world and everything and B you 336 00:21:28,960 --> 00:21:32,660 Derick: know if I'm still with that person who is not necessarily right for me and now 337 00:21:32,660 --> 00:21:39,380 Derick: with a much better person for me you know so I think that you you you know it's 338 00:21:39,380 --> 00:21:42,320 Derick: kind of like what we're talking about before about like making your own luck 339 00:21:42,320 --> 00:21:48,200 Derick: is that even if there's situations you get into that are of your own causing that are not great, 340 00:21:48,940 --> 00:21:54,080 Derick: You can learn from them. You can find a way to go forward. You can make a better 341 00:21:54,080 --> 00:21:55,520 Derick: situation for yourself, ultimately. 342 00:21:56,240 --> 00:21:59,480 Danny: Yeah, it's like that. I don't know what the term is for it, but like you say, 343 00:21:59,580 --> 00:22:03,560 Danny: it's making your own luck. But it's the changes that could happen. 344 00:22:04,240 --> 00:22:07,320 Danny: Yeah, it's positive that you can impact your life for better at that time. 345 00:22:07,340 --> 00:22:10,740 Danny: But the negatives could be so huge at this time, you know, now. 346 00:22:11,020 --> 00:22:14,200 Danny: So I guess it's almost like you're saying, yeah, there's things that we regret. 347 00:22:14,440 --> 00:22:19,880 Danny: Everybody does that. but that's part of just growing and learning and doing 348 00:22:19,880 --> 00:22:21,140 Danny: better the next time, I guess. 349 00:22:21,800 --> 00:22:25,820 Derick: Yeah, exactly. Like that's part of being human, you know, like nobody's infallible, 350 00:22:25,900 --> 00:22:29,300 Derick: nobody's perfect and you're going to make mistakes. 351 00:22:29,560 --> 00:22:34,120 Derick: And the important thing is to when you make those mistakes to learn from them 352 00:22:34,120 --> 00:22:36,260 Derick: and to grow and to be a better person. 353 00:22:36,880 --> 00:22:42,140 Danny: Well, I like that. I cannot add anything onto that at all. That is perfect. So I like that. 354 00:22:43,260 --> 00:22:48,680 Danny: And speaking of being a better person, we better move on to question number four. Very nice thing. 355 00:22:49,100 --> 00:22:52,300 Danny: Yeah, I have to work on these. Some work, some don't, but we'll see. 356 00:22:52,560 --> 00:22:55,660 Derick: You know what? You're doing a lot of them every episode. So you know what? 357 00:22:55,720 --> 00:23:00,420 Derick: Law of averages, there's going to be one that, you know, but they're great. They're great. 358 00:23:01,600 --> 00:23:07,960 Danny: I appreciate that. Question number four, Derick. What do you want to learn more about? 359 00:23:08,440 --> 00:23:14,100 Derick: Ooh, learn more about, because that's, I'm always trying to learn. 360 00:23:14,240 --> 00:23:19,720 Derick: I'm always trying to grow, you know, I'm, I like to learn a lot about history, honestly. 361 00:23:20,580 --> 00:23:24,160 Derick: I mean, I, that's for like my day to day, just kind of like, 362 00:23:24,280 --> 00:23:27,600 Derick: I like to learn just like interesting, random, fun facts. 363 00:23:28,340 --> 00:23:33,540 Derick: But I guess on a, like, kind of like a more, you know, related to, 364 00:23:33,700 --> 00:23:34,720 Derick: you know, what we're talking about here. 365 00:23:34,720 --> 00:23:38,540 Derick: I always want to learn more about how to be a good podcaster be a good writer 366 00:23:38,540 --> 00:23:42,700 Derick: be a good creator And I think about like, you know, I feel not that I don't 367 00:23:42,700 --> 00:23:47,040 Derick: feel like I know a lot because I do I Think I'm you know very versed. 368 00:23:47,120 --> 00:23:52,060 Derick: I like to you know in that same vein learn more about movies and that's why 369 00:23:52,060 --> 00:23:56,760 Derick: because I didn't go to film school or anything, but I Watch a lot of movies. Obviously. 370 00:23:57,020 --> 00:23:59,060 Derick: I listen to a lot of film podcasts. 371 00:23:59,420 --> 00:24:01,840 Derick: I read a lot of books on film so, 372 00:24:02,940 --> 00:24:06,520 Derick: When you, you know, when it comes to podcasting, when I think about the stuff 373 00:24:06,520 --> 00:24:10,200 Derick: that I know now that I didn't know when I started, I'm like, 374 00:24:10,340 --> 00:24:13,380 Derick: I didn't know anything, you know, I thought I knew a ton when I started. 375 00:24:13,860 --> 00:24:17,560 Derick: And so I'm sure that, you know, a few years down the road, I'm like, 376 00:24:17,660 --> 00:24:21,480 Derick: wow, I was doing this in 2026. I can't believe I was doing that. 377 00:24:21,700 --> 00:24:27,840 Derick: You know, so yeah, just learning more about the craft and about the medium that I'm covering, I think. 378 00:24:28,360 --> 00:24:31,340 Danny: And is there a second obviously movies have got you 379 00:24:31,340 --> 00:24:34,140 Danny: look at the credits on a movie you know and there's so 380 00:24:34,140 --> 00:24:36,860 Danny: many people that can be involved and sometimes you think really there was 10 381 00:24:36,860 --> 00:24:40,720 Danny: producers on that where did that go wrong you know so it's like come back to 382 00:24:40,720 --> 00:24:45,240 Danny: your overappreciated movie um what is there an aspect in movie making a movie 383 00:24:45,240 --> 00:24:50,440 Danny: producing movie promotion whatever that you would really really ideal job love 384 00:24:50,440 --> 00:24:53,860 Danny: to you know learn and excel at i guess 385 00:24:54,600 --> 00:25:00,660 Derick: I would love to learn to be a better screenwriter. I write, obviously, 386 00:25:00,740 --> 00:25:01,800 Derick: a lot. I've written some fiction. 387 00:25:02,320 --> 00:25:06,340 Derick: But I don't think I'm a great screenwriter. I've read a few screenplays. 388 00:25:06,340 --> 00:25:10,020 Derick: I've read William Goldman's book on screenwriting, which I highly recommend 389 00:25:10,020 --> 00:25:12,000 Derick: to anybody. I've read some Sid Field stuff. 390 00:25:12,400 --> 00:25:18,960 Derick: But if I was going to have a job in the film industry, I think I would be a screenwriter for sure. 391 00:25:19,480 --> 00:25:22,700 Danny: And what's the, because as you mentioned, you write a lot. But there's, 392 00:25:23,040 --> 00:25:25,680 Danny: apart from just the format, because obviously screenwriting and screenplays 393 00:25:25,680 --> 00:25:28,940 Danny: are different from, say, written books and, you know, journalism. 394 00:25:29,260 --> 00:25:33,780 Danny: What do you feel is the biggest hurdle, for want of a better word, 395 00:25:33,940 --> 00:25:37,740 Danny: that makes a great screenwriter from someone that can write a screenplay? 396 00:25:38,100 --> 00:25:45,760 Derick: I think it's knowing how to best utilize the medium. 397 00:25:46,520 --> 00:25:52,260 Derick: Because, you know, on one level, you're not writing this to be read. 398 00:25:54,220 --> 00:25:58,400 Derick: With so much other writing you write a book or a poem or something like that 399 00:25:58,400 --> 00:26:04,580 Derick: this is meant to be read or at least spoken verbatim whereas the screenplay 400 00:26:04,580 --> 00:26:06,700 Derick: you're writing things that are, 401 00:26:07,400 --> 00:26:11,820 Derick: other than the dialogue you're writing so much that is very technical, 402 00:26:12,720 --> 00:26:17,540 Derick: like you're writing stage direction and all this stuff and you have to know 403 00:26:17,540 --> 00:26:22,480 Derick: how to do that but you also still can't lose that lyricism, 404 00:26:22,620 --> 00:26:26,100 Derick: which is why I think a lot of really good screenwriters, like I just brought 405 00:26:26,100 --> 00:26:28,960 Derick: up Bill Goldman, who's my all-time favorite screenwriter. 406 00:26:29,220 --> 00:26:34,700 Derick: He started as a novelist and kind of accidentally became a screenwriter. 407 00:26:34,760 --> 00:26:40,020 Derick: So I think you have to have that technical aspect, but you also have to be a 408 00:26:40,020 --> 00:26:41,380 Derick: really good storyteller. 409 00:26:41,640 --> 00:26:47,100 Derick: You know, you have to be able to want to, you know, create something that is 410 00:26:47,100 --> 00:26:49,340 Derick: a little with a little bit more ambitions that, 411 00:26:50,390 --> 00:26:54,530 Derick: a play, like, reads like a novel. Because if you read, you know, 412 00:26:54,710 --> 00:26:57,750 Derick: William Goldman's screenplays, or, you know, like, there's a reason Shakespeare, 413 00:26:58,050 --> 00:27:02,210 Derick: his plays are read and studied, those are things that were never meant to be 414 00:27:02,210 --> 00:27:05,370 Derick: read like a book, but they still read so well. 415 00:27:05,490 --> 00:27:10,450 Derick: You know, you can get really engaged with them, even though it's a medium not even meant for that. 416 00:27:10,890 --> 00:27:15,670 Derick: So I think you have to really have that, both of those talents in spades. 417 00:27:16,490 --> 00:27:19,910 Danny: Yeah, I could imagine. So you mentioned it's set in a scene not only for the 418 00:27:19,910 --> 00:27:23,930 Danny: actors, or maybe reading it as a read-through or first impressions. 419 00:27:23,990 --> 00:27:27,370 Danny: But I guess you've also got to set the scene in the actor's head because of 420 00:27:27,370 --> 00:27:31,110 Danny: what could be or should be happening on screen at the time. 421 00:27:31,410 --> 00:27:34,850 Danny: So if there's a bunch of special effects, I can only imagine what a massive 422 00:27:34,850 --> 00:27:37,790 Danny: special effects movie might look like from a screenwriting point of view because 423 00:27:37,790 --> 00:27:40,650 Danny: you're trying to say, well, this is going to be up here, that's going to be 424 00:27:40,650 --> 00:27:43,530 Danny: here, there's got to be floating zargons over here, etc. 425 00:27:45,430 --> 00:27:48,450 Danny: So I'm curious to know whether it can do that. You mentioned you've done, 426 00:27:48,810 --> 00:27:50,210 Danny: or you want to be a better screenwriter. 427 00:27:50,390 --> 00:27:54,190 Danny: Have you done a few yourself that you've submitted, or is that a go? 428 00:27:54,670 --> 00:27:59,110 Derick: No, I haven't written any screenplays. When I've written fiction stuff, 429 00:27:59,250 --> 00:28:03,450 Derick: it's usually more like novellas or novels or short stories. 430 00:28:04,270 --> 00:28:07,590 Derick: I haven't really done any screenplays. 431 00:28:08,970 --> 00:28:14,330 Derick: I would like to maybe work on a documentary, and that's a different thing. 432 00:28:15,310 --> 00:28:18,750 Derick: But I would love to do a documentary slash video essay kind of thing. 433 00:28:18,750 --> 00:28:20,990 Derick: I have some ideas for what I want to do with that. 434 00:28:21,410 --> 00:28:27,910 Derick: It would be cool to write a screenplay, but I think one of the problems with screenplays is... 435 00:28:27,910 --> 00:28:32,410 Derick: Not problems with screenplays, but a problem that a lot of screenwriters bump 436 00:28:32,410 --> 00:28:36,710 Derick: up against is that unless you're directing your own stuff... 437 00:28:37,480 --> 00:28:40,360 Derick: You know, your vision isn't necessarily going to be realized, 438 00:28:40,400 --> 00:28:44,800 Derick: which is why I think you see a lot of the best screenwriters are like, 439 00:28:44,940 --> 00:28:47,060 Derick: are now thought of as some of our best directors. 440 00:28:47,200 --> 00:28:50,380 Derick: You know, you think of like Alex Garland or like Billy Wilder or something like that. 441 00:28:50,500 --> 00:28:53,480 Derick: These people who start writing screenplays and then they just keep getting frustrated 442 00:28:53,480 --> 00:28:56,380 Derick: because they're like, well, you did it differently than I was wanting it to 443 00:28:56,380 --> 00:28:59,700 Derick: do, or you changed this stuff. So they're just like, I'll do it myself. 444 00:29:00,320 --> 00:29:04,480 Derick: So I think that is one of the things too. And, you know, film is obviously a 445 00:29:04,480 --> 00:29:09,220 Derick: collaborative process unlike novels which is like one person writes the novel 446 00:29:09,220 --> 00:29:12,780 Derick: and sure you might have like an editor or something but it is really one point of view whereas 447 00:29:13,220 --> 00:29:17,560 Derick: you know even if you are the writer and the director you still have to have the actors. 448 00:29:18,480 --> 00:29:23,020 Derick: Saying you know the words and they might you know he you can't make them say 449 00:29:23,020 --> 00:29:25,680 Derick: it exactly the way like it's a fincher's always talking about he's like yeah 450 00:29:25,680 --> 00:29:28,580 Derick: these he wants to control his actors so much 451 00:29:29,000 --> 00:29:31,700 Derick: which is a different vibe than like clint eastwood who's like yeah just 452 00:29:31,700 --> 00:29:34,420 Derick: kind of like say it however you want to say you know have your own process i 453 00:29:34,420 --> 00:29:37,400 Derick: don't care um which makes sense because clinton eastwood 454 00:29:37,400 --> 00:29:42,840 Derick: was an actor and uh you know and you know these other guys who started screenwriters 455 00:29:42,840 --> 00:29:47,400 Derick: and stuff like that might have a different opinion so i i'm much more of the 456 00:29:47,400 --> 00:29:51,400 Derick: like i want to create a world and just kind of like work on it myself than i'd 457 00:29:51,400 --> 00:29:55,140 Derick: feel like a screenwriter would do but it would be something fun i think yeah. 458 00:29:55,140 --> 00:29:57,700 Danny: It's funny you mentioned the the relationships between you know, 459 00:29:57,740 --> 00:30:02,020 Danny: the different creatives. I've been really enjoying watching a bunch of YouTube shorts. 460 00:30:02,580 --> 00:30:04,540 Danny: And I'll have to find a full interview, I'm sure it's up there, 461 00:30:04,940 --> 00:30:09,220 Danny: with Russell Crowe talking about his time in Gladiator and the relationship 462 00:30:09,220 --> 00:30:13,020 Danny: he built up with Ridley Scott based on bringing that character to the screen 463 00:30:13,540 --> 00:30:18,200 Danny: and how, you know, Ridley tried to direct when the first we meet, 464 00:30:18,260 --> 00:30:22,080 Danny: you know, Maximus and he's on the battlefield, he's looking up at this imaginary 465 00:30:22,080 --> 00:30:25,260 Danny: bird that flies off, et cetera, and that pulls him back to the battlefield. 466 00:30:25,580 --> 00:30:27,180 Danny: And then how he wanted to, 467 00:30:27,910 --> 00:30:32,970 Danny: When he finds his wife and his child hanging from the beams and he wanted Maximus 468 00:30:32,970 --> 00:30:36,070 Danny: to actually try to hold him in touch and where Ridley Scott said, 469 00:30:36,190 --> 00:30:37,950 Danny: well, that can be pretty dark, we're not going to go there. 470 00:30:38,110 --> 00:30:42,870 Danny: And it's been fascinating to watch. I feel without Russell Crowe being the actor 471 00:30:42,870 --> 00:30:45,790 Danny: in that piece, I don't think it would have been as good a movie. 472 00:30:46,030 --> 00:30:49,010 Danny: Ridley Scott's a fantastic director, but I don't think the relationship would 473 00:30:49,010 --> 00:30:52,290 Danny: have worked with maybe another actor because you could tell Russell Crowe was 474 00:30:52,290 --> 00:30:55,990 Danny: so involved in this creation, this character. 475 00:30:56,510 --> 00:30:59,530 Derick: Yeah and that's the thing is you know it when you 476 00:30:59,530 --> 00:31:02,950 Derick: have creating a character you really need a strong presence 477 00:31:02,950 --> 00:31:05,850 Derick: from writer director and screenwriter to really 478 00:31:05,850 --> 00:31:09,010 Derick: make it work and you need to cast somebody like russell crowe with 479 00:31:09,010 --> 00:31:11,950 Derick: a role that like powerful because i mean i i 480 00:31:11,950 --> 00:31:15,050 Derick: acted before i was you know i was a theater 481 00:31:15,050 --> 00:31:18,770 Derick: major for a hot minute and yeah acting is 482 00:31:18,770 --> 00:31:21,770 Derick: such an important part of that and you might even bring as 483 00:31:21,770 --> 00:31:25,290 Derick: an actor something that neither the writer or the screenwriter thought 484 00:31:25,290 --> 00:31:28,150 Derick: of you know something like i speaking of ridley scott i 485 00:31:28,150 --> 00:31:31,310 Derick: always think of blade runner and how rugger howard essentially 486 00:31:31,310 --> 00:31:34,030 Derick: improvised the tears and rain thing and it's like one 487 00:31:34,030 --> 00:31:37,170 Derick: of the greatest and you hear rugger howard talking about it's like yeah just 488 00:31:37,170 --> 00:31:40,910 Derick: tears and rain i just kind of thought of it you know and and you know ridley 489 00:31:40,910 --> 00:31:44,550 Derick: scott is just like or there's there's uh you know there's this interview i saw 490 00:31:44,550 --> 00:31:47,770 Derick: where like the writers of parks and rec will be talking like yeah we you know 491 00:31:47,770 --> 00:31:52,930 Derick: we write all these great pages and come up with all these jokes and then Chris Pratt or Nick Oferman or, 492 00:31:54,150 --> 00:31:58,570 Derick: whoever would just say something, just improvise something and it's just hilarious 493 00:31:58,570 --> 00:32:02,070 Derick: and gets a huge laugh out of the room. And it's something we never thought of. 494 00:32:04,350 --> 00:32:09,070 Derick: That's one thing I love about film too is how collaborative it is. Is that you have, 495 00:32:09,730 --> 00:32:13,650 Derick: all of these different people that you need to work together to make a film 496 00:32:13,650 --> 00:32:16,170 Derick: and when it really works it's a magical thing. 497 00:32:16,170 --> 00:32:18,950 Danny: No 100 and that parks and rec 498 00:32:18,950 --> 00:32:22,530 Danny: favorite show well not favorite one of my favorite shows and uh yeah to your 499 00:32:22,530 --> 00:32:27,970 Danny: point the blooper reels of that show are just crazy funny if you have like a 500 00:32:27,970 --> 00:32:31,410 Danny: good body sense of humor you want a good laugh go look at the blooper reels 501 00:32:31,410 --> 00:32:34,790 Danny: from parks and rec um it's just you mentioned chris pratt there just some of 502 00:32:34,790 --> 00:32:37,290 Danny: the stuff he comes very funny guy oh 503 00:32:37,290 --> 00:32:41,530 Derick: Yeah yeah i i will say just i miss i miss that era of chris pratt before he 504 00:32:41,530 --> 00:32:46,990 Derick: was like i'm action hero man you know like that i he he was so funny for him 505 00:32:46,990 --> 00:32:50,070 Derick: and he still does that occasionally the guards in the galaxy and stuff but yeah. 506 00:32:50,070 --> 00:32:53,790 Danny: Yeah it needs to it'd be fun to revisit that i mean i don't know if it would 507 00:32:53,790 --> 00:32:56,590 Danny: be fun sometimes you just have to leave the past behind um but maybe be fun 508 00:32:56,590 --> 00:32:59,810 Danny: to revisit that and see what the character is doing 10 years now you know 10 509 00:32:59,810 --> 00:33:03,130 Danny: years down the line from the original show timeline or whatever but great great 510 00:33:03,130 --> 00:33:09,030 Danny: show and yeah that I'm not as obviously involved in the movie space as yourself. 511 00:33:09,170 --> 00:33:14,550 Danny: But yeah, when you watch a good movie, you can see when everything's just come together perfectly. 512 00:33:15,070 --> 00:33:18,670 Danny: And why, if it's underappreciated, why we need a podcast like yours to make 513 00:33:18,670 --> 00:33:21,650 Danny: sure it gets appreciated because it's put all that effort in. 514 00:33:22,070 --> 00:33:26,730 Danny: So yeah, I like that. I like that. And I feel that's a good time to move on 515 00:33:26,730 --> 00:33:28,410 Danny: to your final question in the Hot C, Derick. 516 00:33:28,550 --> 00:33:32,830 Danny: So let's have a look at what question number five brings up. 517 00:33:34,150 --> 00:33:38,210 Danny: Okay, I'm going to go with this one. And I'm not trying to be mean to anybody 518 00:33:38,210 --> 00:33:39,430 Danny: they might have received this from. 519 00:33:39,630 --> 00:33:43,910 Danny: But question number five, what's the worst gift you've ever received? 520 00:33:44,880 --> 00:33:48,940 Derick: Oof worst gift i've ever received 521 00:33:48,940 --> 00:33:51,940 Derick: um okay uh i think 522 00:33:51,940 --> 00:33:55,140 Derick: so my grandpa when 523 00:33:55,140 --> 00:33:58,160 Derick: he was still alive um would was kind 524 00:33:58,160 --> 00:34:04,300 Derick: of notorious for buying these really cheap like it was before timu was a thing 525 00:34:04,300 --> 00:34:07,660 Derick: but they were very like timu style gifts like i don't know what website he was 526 00:34:07,660 --> 00:34:12,280 Derick: buying them from but they were it was like it was old man timu that he was getting 527 00:34:12,280 --> 00:34:16,840 Derick: these gifts from and he would always just get us essentially junk every Christmas or whatever. 528 00:34:17,460 --> 00:34:22,560 Derick: I remember he got me like this really cheap watch once where the second hand 529 00:34:22,560 --> 00:34:24,280 Derick: fell off like a day later. 530 00:34:24,820 --> 00:34:28,160 Derick: I think that's probably the worst gift. Cause like, first of all, 531 00:34:28,200 --> 00:34:29,440 Derick: I don't even wear a watch. 532 00:34:29,940 --> 00:34:34,680 Derick: Like I, I'm not a watch guy, you know? Um, so I, he, he could like, 533 00:34:34,780 --> 00:34:38,140 Derick: he clearly never like knew anything about us, you know? 534 00:34:38,320 --> 00:34:41,720 Derick: Like he, he was like not really that present in our lives, you know, 535 00:34:41,820 --> 00:34:44,560 Derick: no disrespect, but he just kind of was like 536 00:34:44,560 --> 00:34:50,460 Derick: oh yeah derrick he's you know i was probably like 20 or something he's a young 537 00:34:50,460 --> 00:34:55,320 Derick: guy young guys like watches at least they did in the 1950s or whatever so i'll 538 00:34:55,320 --> 00:35:00,040 Derick: get him a watch and it was just like something he clearly spent like ten dollars 539 00:35:00,040 --> 00:35:03,800 Derick: most on where it's literally falling apart the day i get it. 540 00:35:03,800 --> 00:35:06,540 Danny: I wonder if that's like uh i i'm sure it must 541 00:35:06,540 --> 00:35:09,420 Danny: be though but it must like a generational thing because um i 542 00:35:09,420 --> 00:35:12,580 Danny: i like my wife i like to buy stuff for our kids 543 00:35:12,580 --> 00:35:16,020 Danny: just like a surprise nothing major you know um hopefully 544 00:35:16,020 --> 00:35:20,580 Danny: nothing team you like but we never know maybe it is um but and we always think 545 00:35:20,580 --> 00:35:25,240 Danny: our son will like that or daughter like that and half the time they hate it 546 00:35:25,240 --> 00:35:28,880 Danny: and we're thinking do we even know our kids and that's our kids not our grandkids 547 00:35:28,880 --> 00:35:32,560 Danny: that we see maybe once a blue moon you know to hand over a watch or something 548 00:35:32,560 --> 00:35:34,700 Danny: so i wonder if that's something as you get older, 549 00:35:35,260 --> 00:35:38,400 Danny: you're still in the mindset of what you actually would enjoy. 550 00:35:38,640 --> 00:35:42,020 Danny: And you're given that gift because you think, well, I enjoy it. 551 00:35:42,940 --> 00:35:45,940 Danny: He or she's my blood and kin they're bound to enjoy it too 552 00:35:45,940 --> 00:35:50,480 Derick: Yeah that's interesting because i mean i feel like when i'm giving gifts it's 553 00:35:50,480 --> 00:35:52,560 Derick: it's always you know i always try to consider, 554 00:35:53,260 --> 00:35:57,700 Derick: what the person would want but you got to bring your own flair a little bit 555 00:35:57,700 --> 00:36:02,420 Derick: you know like like you gotta like um you gotta because you gotta give it a little 556 00:36:02,420 --> 00:36:03,280 Derick: bit of personal there's a, 557 00:36:07,420 --> 00:36:10,320 Derick: you it can balance too much towards that second 558 00:36:10,320 --> 00:36:13,680 Derick: thing where it's like well this i think this is really cool so they must love 559 00:36:13,680 --> 00:36:16,380 Derick: it too you know and it's especially hard when you 560 00:36:16,380 --> 00:36:20,080 Derick: don't like you said it's different with you have your kids or whatever but it 561 00:36:20,080 --> 00:36:22,340 Derick: was like if when you don't know somebody super well you're like i don't know 562 00:36:22,340 --> 00:36:26,160 Derick: what what do i what do i get them you know like what do they they like and it's 563 00:36:26,160 --> 00:36:29,080 Derick: i end up getting people books a lot of the time you know because i think books 564 00:36:29,080 --> 00:36:32,840 Derick: are always like a like a great gift like you know but it's like well what's 565 00:36:32,840 --> 00:36:34,060 Derick: your taste what are you gonna like. 566 00:36:34,060 --> 00:36:37,760 Danny: Yeah yeah and it's funny like you mentioned the watch at least it was a manual 567 00:36:37,760 --> 00:36:41,580 Danny: one because did still make digital watches now i've never i've haven't worn 568 00:36:41,580 --> 00:36:45,340 Danny: a watch for years but i remember digital was massive at one time and i i don't 569 00:36:45,340 --> 00:36:46,460 Danny: recall seeing them now to 570 00:36:46,460 --> 00:36:50,020 Derick: Be honest yeah i i don't think like i said i don't really wear watches i guess 571 00:36:50,020 --> 00:36:54,780 Derick: i yeah i guess people probably like runners and stuff wear them you know and 572 00:36:54,780 --> 00:36:59,080 Derick: swimmers and like if you're doing something physical i think that they're they're 573 00:36:59,080 --> 00:37:01,240 Derick: still big with that crowd but that might be it. 574 00:37:01,240 --> 00:37:04,380 Danny: Yeah and i guess everybody's got a smartphone now anyway right 575 00:37:04,380 --> 00:37:08,340 Danny: so you don't you know i keep them like messing 576 00:37:08,340 --> 00:37:11,080 Danny: up my my my kids because they'll ask what time it 577 00:37:11,080 --> 00:37:14,320 Danny: is whatever and i i'll generally i'll be checking time anyway 578 00:37:14,320 --> 00:37:16,960 Danny: for whatever reason i'll have a decent idea what the 579 00:37:16,960 --> 00:37:19,620 Danny: time is so i'll reply with the 580 00:37:19,620 --> 00:37:22,420 Danny: time but i'll always make it a minute or two off and they'll say well 581 00:37:22,420 --> 00:37:25,540 Danny: how do you know that because of the sun you know the sun's overhead at 582 00:37:25,540 --> 00:37:28,280 Danny: two two o'clock angle right now so it's got 583 00:37:28,280 --> 00:37:31,200 Danny: to be two o'clock or whatever and they don't know i'll be checking my 584 00:37:31,200 --> 00:37:33,960 Danny: phone they will if they were listening to my podcast but they'll never 585 00:37:33,960 --> 00:37:38,340 Danny: will so i'm safe there but um yeah it's just gifts are funny things like you 586 00:37:38,340 --> 00:37:42,120 Danny: say mate it's uh you know you can make a really good decision or you can make 587 00:37:42,120 --> 00:37:46,560 Danny: one that comes from a place of love but it's just the last thing you would ever 588 00:37:46,560 --> 00:37:50,200 Danny: treat yourself to and what about yourself have you ever given a bad gift that 589 00:37:50,200 --> 00:37:53,540 Danny: you know you made a mistake once you handed it over to the person 590 00:37:54,570 --> 00:37:59,790 Derick: I don't know that I've like necessarily gotten a like given a bad gift. 591 00:37:59,950 --> 00:38:03,830 Derick: But I think one of the funnier times when it was it was it wasn't bad. 592 00:38:03,990 --> 00:38:07,550 Derick: It was like just kind of like, oh, this is weird and awkward was on Christmas. 593 00:38:08,030 --> 00:38:11,890 Derick: This must have been 10 or so years ago because it was when I don't remember 594 00:38:11,890 --> 00:38:14,870 Derick: it was Ted one or Ted two. But one of the Ted movies had just come out. 595 00:38:15,490 --> 00:38:20,490 Derick: And, you know, my family's exchanging gifts and me and my brother Marshall are 596 00:38:20,490 --> 00:38:26,470 Derick: giving each other gifts. and we both happened to have bought each other the TED DVD. 597 00:38:26,770 --> 00:38:32,670 Derick: And we opened each other's gifts and we're like, well, we know each other's taste, I guess. 598 00:38:33,030 --> 00:38:36,610 Danny: No, that's great. I mean, I guess if one breaks now, you've got the backup one. 599 00:38:38,330 --> 00:38:42,330 Danny: I guess people still use discs. DVDs are still fairly popular. 600 00:38:42,570 --> 00:38:47,870 Derick: I'm a big physical media guy. I like to have physical stuff whenever I can. 601 00:38:47,990 --> 00:38:49,490 Derick: I'm a big believer in that. 602 00:38:50,230 --> 00:38:54,390 Derick: Because, you know, for a lot of reasons, partially it's that collector mindset, 603 00:38:54,570 --> 00:38:57,690 Derick: but partially it's like because it's something you own, something that if I 604 00:38:57,690 --> 00:39:01,310 Derick: want to watch something, I want to watch, you know, like the other day I was 605 00:39:01,310 --> 00:39:04,130 Derick: wanting to watch Cloud Atlas. I'm like, well, it's not streaming anywhere. 606 00:39:04,670 --> 00:39:09,430 Derick: I got the DVD, though. I could just throw it on, you know, and it looks a lot better. 607 00:39:09,550 --> 00:39:12,690 Derick: You don't have to worry about, you know, the quality of a stream or whatever, 608 00:39:13,030 --> 00:39:14,750 Derick: the internet lagging, like all that stuff. 609 00:39:14,870 --> 00:39:18,890 Derick: You could just put in a DVD to look crisp and precise. and you know i also love 610 00:39:18,890 --> 00:39:22,190 Derick: the bonus features so there's a lot of reasons i love love physical media. 611 00:39:22,190 --> 00:39:25,090 Danny: Yeah no i i hear you i've got an old 612 00:39:25,090 --> 00:39:27,910 Danny: laser disc player and so i love now and again just getting out my 613 00:39:27,910 --> 00:39:31,370 Danny: like criterion edition laser disc of like the star wars original original 614 00:39:31,370 --> 00:39:36,290 Danny: movie release quality you know uh experience so yeah i hear you and good point 615 00:39:36,290 --> 00:39:38,390 Danny: about the streaming it's not always going to be on streaming and the quality 616 00:39:38,390 --> 00:39:42,690 Danny: can really suffer depending you know who you've got and prime just seems to 617 00:39:42,690 --> 00:39:46,190 Danny: want to throw ads in even as you got the four bucks a one faxer you have to 618 00:39:46,190 --> 00:39:48,530 Danny: pay to not have ads. They still put ads in there. 619 00:39:49,050 --> 00:39:51,770 Danny: And they're getting really cheeky now. Some of them are putting ads hard-baked 620 00:39:51,770 --> 00:39:52,670 Danny: into the start of the video. 621 00:39:52,970 --> 00:39:57,210 Danny: So you can't even skip it. You've got to scroll forward before the movie starts up. 622 00:39:57,710 --> 00:40:02,050 Danny: Physical digital mediums yeah i'll go with you on that one yeah 623 00:40:02,050 --> 00:40:05,250 Derick: Or if you like pause it you know like there'll be like an ad it's like taking 624 00:40:05,250 --> 00:40:07,650 Derick: a coffee break grab like this or whatever you know. 625 00:40:08,510 --> 00:40:12,650 Danny: Exactly maybe off the those are i was at a podcast event a few years back and 626 00:40:12,650 --> 00:40:16,610 Danny: someone their service was a podcast sound better on vinyl you could actually 627 00:40:16,610 --> 00:40:21,170 Danny: download your podcast on vinyl record an lp and just build up if you've got 628 00:40:21,170 --> 00:40:24,390 Danny: multiple episodes you have multiple lps but i I thought that was a really cool 629 00:40:24,390 --> 00:40:26,170 Danny: idea, you know, because you get that crispy, 630 00:40:26,810 --> 00:40:30,630 Danny: like crackly sound of an LP, but it's your podcast. Well, that's kind of cool, 631 00:40:30,730 --> 00:40:33,930 Derick: I thought. That's fun. That's cool. That could be like a good, 632 00:40:33,950 --> 00:40:37,310 Derick: you know, novelty gift, you know, like that could be something cool. 633 00:40:37,430 --> 00:40:41,910 Derick: Like, hey, you know, if you have a podcast, you're like, hey, 634 00:40:41,970 --> 00:40:44,670 Derick: I got you this episode for you on vinyl. You know, that'd be cool. 635 00:40:45,190 --> 00:40:49,010 Danny: That would be cool. Well, speaking of podcasts and hopefully coolness, 636 00:40:49,190 --> 00:40:52,390 Danny: it's the end of your turn on the 5 Random Questions hot seat. 637 00:40:52,390 --> 00:40:56,050 Danny: And I really do appreciate you taking the time and sharing your answers with 638 00:40:56,050 --> 00:40:57,650 Danny: some weird and some fun questions there. 639 00:40:58,110 --> 00:41:02,670 Danny: But this is only fair, Derick, because I've had you on the hot seat for about 40, 45 minutes or so. 640 00:41:03,350 --> 00:41:06,210 Danny: It's only fair to hand over the question asking Baton to you. 641 00:41:06,710 --> 00:41:13,890 Derick: Yeah. So my question for you is if you lived in a fictional world, you know, a, 642 00:41:14,470 --> 00:41:18,370 Derick: you know, something from media, whether it be books or TV or movies or video 643 00:41:18,370 --> 00:41:19,670 Derick: games, whatever it might be, 644 00:41:20,190 --> 00:41:25,110 Derick: comic books, but you're still a normal person you're still just a regular guy 645 00:41:25,110 --> 00:41:30,010 Derick: so like if you say harry potter you you're still you're a muggle you don't get 646 00:41:30,010 --> 00:41:32,350 Derick: to go to hogwarts you say lord of the rings you're not an elf you're just a 647 00:41:32,350 --> 00:41:36,630 Derick: human living in rohan or whatever what fictional world would you choose. 648 00:41:38,570 --> 00:41:43,730 Danny: That's a good one there's so many to choose from so many great worlds 649 00:41:44,620 --> 00:41:47,960 Danny: I think for me, I've got a lot of favourite movies. A lot of them are fantasy 650 00:41:47,960 --> 00:41:50,700 Danny: and sci-fi and fantastic worlds, etc. 651 00:41:51,180 --> 00:41:57,700 Danny: I think I'd like to be probably part of the original Star Wars. 652 00:41:58,140 --> 00:42:02,440 Danny: When it was new, when it was first released back in the 70s and the 80s, 653 00:42:02,540 --> 00:42:03,600 Danny: I guess, for the original trilogy. 654 00:42:04,040 --> 00:42:04,360 Derick: Yeah, yeah. 655 00:42:04,600 --> 00:42:08,200 Danny: Purely because it wasn't crazy CGI special editions. 656 00:42:08,780 --> 00:42:11,900 Danny: It felt like a lived-in universe. All the ships were dirty. 657 00:42:12,020 --> 00:42:15,800 Danny: The interiors were dirty. that you'd go to a dive bar and there'd be fights 658 00:42:15,800 --> 00:42:17,480 Danny: and everything. It just, it felt real. 659 00:42:18,020 --> 00:42:21,980 Danny: And I think I'd like to be part of that during the... 660 00:42:23,310 --> 00:42:30,150 Danny: I guess during the first movie, where the rebels are rising up, 661 00:42:30,230 --> 00:42:32,410 Danny: they've had some successes because they're all gone, etc. 662 00:42:32,730 --> 00:42:37,050 Danny: So they're rising up, and now you're starting to see other countries, 663 00:42:39,030 --> 00:42:41,630 Danny: other galaxies, other worlds, etc. 664 00:42:41,810 --> 00:42:44,070 Danny: Rise up too, but there's still a lot of danger. 665 00:42:44,270 --> 00:42:48,590 Danny: So as a human, because it's such a varied, 666 00:42:49,090 --> 00:42:53,170 Danny: lively galaxy, universe, I feel it'd be kind of cool to go there, 667 00:42:53,310 --> 00:42:58,010 Danny: and just see all these wild aliens and these wild vistas and these wild locations 668 00:42:58,010 --> 00:43:00,550 Danny: that you would never see on Earth as a human, obviously. 669 00:43:01,130 --> 00:43:05,510 Danny: You would never go down and speak to a walking rug, right? You'd never see a 670 00:43:05,510 --> 00:43:09,650 Danny: big googly-eyed patron at a bar drinking a little blue milk, etc. 671 00:43:09,970 --> 00:43:13,970 Danny: So I feel, I'm a Star Wars nerd. I love Star Wars through and through. 672 00:43:14,310 --> 00:43:17,970 Danny: The first big movie I saw at the movie theatre was a nine-year-old boy. 673 00:43:18,290 --> 00:43:23,390 Danny: So it's my childhood. dude so i feel that's probably it's probably a cop-out 674 00:43:23,390 --> 00:43:27,310 Danny: because it's a simple one but that would be me where i could just watch this 675 00:43:27,310 --> 00:43:29,930 Danny: galaxy you know go on around me 676 00:43:29,930 --> 00:43:32,770 Derick: And even if you're stuck on a boring planet or something you're 677 00:43:32,770 --> 00:43:35,450 Derick: like on tatooine you know you can't get up you know you 678 00:43:35,450 --> 00:43:38,270 Derick: still could go to like you said the bar and there's like all kinds 679 00:43:38,270 --> 00:43:41,070 Derick: of crazy aliens there and there's you know people playing these you 680 00:43:41,070 --> 00:43:45,130 Derick: know weird instruments and everything and uh who knows maybe one day you'll 681 00:43:45,130 --> 00:43:49,110 Derick: see han solo walk in or whatever even if you're like a normal person you're 682 00:43:49,110 --> 00:43:54,530 Derick: a grunt in the rebellion or whatever um you know living under you know in a 683 00:43:54,530 --> 00:43:57,910 Derick: fascist imperial empire would not be ideal but other than that i think that's 684 00:43:57,910 --> 00:43:59,590 Derick: a pretty good that's a pretty good answer. 685 00:44:00,270 --> 00:44:02,730 Danny: Well, as well, you've got the, I mean, you've got the Womp Rats. 686 00:44:02,850 --> 00:44:06,210 Danny: You can go hunting Womp Rats, right? You can go, you know, I think it was Tatooine 687 00:44:06,210 --> 00:44:07,650 Danny: that they had the pod race on as well, right? 688 00:44:07,710 --> 00:44:10,630 Danny: From the middle prequel trilogy, I guess. 689 00:44:11,130 --> 00:44:14,710 Danny: So I guess there's a whole bunch of stuff to do. But yeah, I feel that'd be it. 690 00:44:14,750 --> 00:44:19,470 Danny: And like you say, I just feel that it'd be fantastical just to be in these worlds. 691 00:44:19,630 --> 00:44:22,170 Danny: Because I'm not going to get anywhere. 692 00:44:22,630 --> 00:44:27,970 Danny: If space travel became affordable and, you know, widespread for the human race, 693 00:44:28,090 --> 00:44:30,730 Danny: I don't think that would happen in my lifetime. That's going to be my kids' 694 00:44:30,950 --> 00:44:32,490 Danny: or their kids' lifetime, for example. 695 00:44:32,850 --> 00:44:35,290 Danny: So having that opportunity, that'd be good enough for me for now. 696 00:44:35,570 --> 00:44:37,150 Derick: Yeah, that's cool. I like that answer. 697 00:44:37,550 --> 00:44:40,870 Danny: Well, I appreciate the question and taking me back to my Star Wars youth. 698 00:44:41,210 --> 00:44:45,370 Danny: And as I mentioned, I have really enjoyed having you in the Random Questions Hot See, Derick. 699 00:44:45,610 --> 00:44:49,050 Danny: For people that want to check out your podcast, the other stuff that you do, 700 00:44:49,330 --> 00:44:51,970 Danny: I know on your website you've got a whole bunch of stuff that you also do as 701 00:44:51,970 --> 00:44:52,890 Danny: well. You've got another podcast. 702 00:44:53,410 --> 00:44:58,210 Danny: Each year you come up and review special episodes, etc., or movies of the year. 703 00:44:58,210 --> 00:45:00,990 Danny: For everybody that wants to check out all the cool stuff you're doing. 704 00:45:01,350 --> 00:45:04,150 Danny: Where's the best place to connect, find you online, listen to the shows, etc. 705 00:45:04,610 --> 00:45:08,610 Derick: Yeah, like you said, you can go to my website, underratedmoviepodcast.com that 706 00:45:08,610 --> 00:45:12,410 Derick: has links not only to Underrated, but the other podcasts that I do, 707 00:45:12,590 --> 00:45:16,230 Derick: like I do one on the MCU called Infinity Stones and Dragon Bones. 708 00:45:16,630 --> 00:45:20,610 Derick: You mentioned that however year I have a different podcast that I do as a bonus 709 00:45:20,610 --> 00:45:26,370 Derick: podcast over on my Patreon. So you can also go to patreon.com slash underratedmoviepodcast 710 00:45:26,370 --> 00:45:30,530 Derick: or on all the social media just by looking up Underrated Movie Podcast. 711 00:45:30,970 --> 00:45:34,390 Derick: Or, of course, however you're listening to this podcast, we're on all the podcast 712 00:45:34,390 --> 00:45:38,030 Derick: apps. Just look up Underrated Movie Podcast and we should come up. 713 00:45:38,520 --> 00:45:41,680 Danny: Awesome. And as always, I'll be sure to leave all these links in the show notes. 714 00:45:41,740 --> 00:45:44,920 Danny: So if you're listening on the podcast app at the moment or even online on the 715 00:45:44,920 --> 00:45:48,280 Danny: website, just check the episode show notes out as usual and all the good links 716 00:45:48,280 --> 00:45:50,120 Danny: will be there over to Derick's cool stuff. 717 00:45:50,500 --> 00:45:54,000 Danny: So again, Derick, I really appreciate you coming on 5 Random Questions today. 718 00:45:54,000 --> 00:45:58,860 Derick: Yeah thank you for having me and i will say it is very cool to hear my name 719 00:45:58,860 --> 00:46:03,720 Derick: pronounced in a proper scottish accent you know it's it's it's you know i don't 720 00:46:03,720 --> 00:46:09,060 Derick: realize how cool it was that what i was missing until it happened so it's very that was very fun that. 721 00:46:09,060 --> 00:46:12,520 Danny: Is awesome it's funny i saw your name and i thought either scottish background 722 00:46:12,520 --> 00:46:15,140 Danny: or irish background so i'm glad that that worked out 723 00:46:15,580 --> 00:46:19,520 Derick: I was very happy i found out recently i always thought it was irish but i found 724 00:46:19,520 --> 00:46:22,580 Derick: out recently more recently Scottish I did the Ancestry.com. 725 00:46:22,580 --> 00:46:26,500 Danny: Thing Awesome well again well even that's an added bonus that's going to be 726 00:46:26,500 --> 00:46:30,500 Danny: my bonus outtake there for sure that is awesome to hear you're very welcome 727 00:46:32,220 --> 00:46:35,720 Danny: Thanks for listening to 5 Random Questions and if this was your first time here 728 00:46:35,720 --> 00:46:39,620 Danny: feel free to hit follow and check out past episodes If you enjoyed this week's 729 00:46:39,620 --> 00:46:42,420 Danny: episode I'd love for you to leave a review on the app you're currently listening 730 00:46:42,420 --> 00:46:45,800 Danny: on and if you know someone else that would enjoy the show be sure to send them 731 00:46:45,800 --> 00:46:50,280 Danny: this way it's very much appreciated Until the next time keep asking those questions.